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and then the stomach will not loath it. 
Your best way of taking it, is to bruise it 
well, and boil it in white wine till half be 
consumed, you may put in much, or little, 
according to the strength of the diseased, it 
works very safely. 
Poligonati, sigilli Solomonis, &c. Of Solo- 
mon’s Seal. Stamped and boiled in wine it 
speedily helps (being drank) all broken 
bones, and is of incredible virtue that way; 
as also being stamped and applied to the 
place, it soon heals all wounds, and quickly 
takes away the black and blue marks of 
blows, being bruised and applied to the 
place, and for these, I am persuaded there 
is not a better medicine under the sun. 
Porri. Of Leeks. They say they are 
hot and dry in the fourth degree; they breed 
ill-favoured nourishment at the best, they 
spoil the eyes, heat the body, cause trouble- 
some sleep, and are noisome to the stomach: 
yet are they good for something else, for the 
Juice of them dropped into the ears takes 
away the noise of them, mixed with a little 
vinegar and snuffed up the nose, it stays 
the bleeding of it, they are better of the two 
boiled than raw, but both ways exceedingly 
hurtful for ulcers in the bladder: and so are 
onions and garlic. 
Prunellorum Silvestrium. Of Sloe-bush, 
or Sloe-tree. I think the college set this 
amongst the roots only for fashion sake, 
and I did it because they did. 
Pyrethri Salivaris, §c. Pelitory of Spain. 
It is hot and dry. in the fourth degree, 
chewed in the mouth, it draws away rheum 
= the tooth-ache; bruised and boiled in oil, 
it provokes sweat by unction; inwardly 
taken, they say it helps palsies and other 
cold effects in the brain and nerves. 
Rhapontici. Rhupontick, or Rhubarb 
of Pontus. It takes away windiness and 
Weakness of the stomach, sighings, sob- 
bings, spittings of blood, diseases of the 
liver and spleen, rickets, &c. if you take a 
"dram at a time it will purge a little, but bind 
| them like grass roots. 
much, and therefore fit for foul bodies that 
have fluxes. 
Rhabarbari. Of Rhubarb. It gently 
purges choler from the stomach and liver, 
opens stoppings, withstands the dropsy, 
Hypocondriac Melancholly ; a little boiling 
takes away the virtue of it, and therefore 
it is best given by infusion only; If your 
body be any thing strong, you may take 
two drams of it at a time being sliced thin 
and steeped all night in white wine, in the 
morning strain it out and drink the white 
wine; it purges but gently, it leaves a bind- 
ing quality behind it, therefore dried a little 
by the fire and beaten into powder, it is 
usually given in fluxes. 
Rhaphani, Domestice and Sylvestris. Of 
Raddishes, garden and wild. Garden 
Raddishes provoke urine, break the stone, 
and purge by urine exceedingly, yet breed 
very bad blood, are offensive to the stomach, 
and hard of digestion, hot and dry in 
quality. Wild, or Horse Raddishes, such 
as grow in ditches, are hotter and drier than 
the former, and more effectual. 
Rhodie Rad. Rose Root. Stamped and 
applied to the head it mitigates the pains 
thereof, being somewhat cool in quality. 
Rhabarbari Monachorum. Monks Rhu- 
barb, or Bastard-Rhubarb, it also purges, 
and cleanses the blood, and opens obstruc- 
tions of the liver. 
Rubie tinctorum. Of Madder. It is both 
drying and binding, yet not without some 
opening quality, for it helps yellow jaun- 
dice, and therefore opens obstructions of the 
liver and gall; it is given with good success, 
to such as have had bruises by falls, stops 
looseness, the hemorrhoids, and the menses. _ 
Rusci. Of Knee-holly or Butchers-broom, 
or Bruscus. They are meanly hot and dry, © 
provoke urine, break the stone, and help _ 
such as cannot evacuate urine freely. Use 
 Sambuci. Of Elder. 
| 2 I know no wonders 
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